# Speakly: Learn Languages Fast — user reviews > 445 indexed App Store user reviews of Speakly by SPEAKLY OÜ, rated 4.40/5 from 846 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speakly-learn-languages-fast/id1255478968/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speakly-learn-languages-fast/id1255478968.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 622 · 4★ 100 · 3★ 50 · 2★ 24 · 1★ 50 ## What do users think of Speakly? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Effective learning method - 👍 Diverse learning exercises - 💡 Practical vocabulary and phrases - 👍 Customizable daily goals - 🚀 Rapid progress - 👍 Affordable lifetime subscription - 👍 Responsive customer support **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 🐛 Buggy performance issues - 🐛 Inconsistent speech recognition - 🐛 Incomplete translations - 🐛 Slow app performance - 🐛 Limited language options **Commonly reported bugs** - Progress loss and reset issues - Inability to switch languages without premium - Incomplete sentence translations - Inconsistent speech recognition - Freezing and crashing during lessons **Most requested features** - Add more language options - Improve review and spaced repetition system - Provide more grammar explanations - Implement a dark mode - Allow offline access to lessons - Improve iPad support ## Newest reviews (14 of 445) ### 3/5 — Question *2026-08-25* Is there No possibility to learn multiple languages at the Same time? ### 4/5 — Great Tool! *2026-08-24, version 1.28.3* I really like this app, the mix of writing, speaking, and grammar keeps me from getting bored with just one method. I’ve been using it for a little over three months and will continue to use it until I feel comfortable with the language. That being said there are 2 bugs that continue to annoy me. Both are on the Writing section where you listen to the phrase and write it out as you heard it. Half the time when you click the light blueish sound icon to start It will act like it’s playing audio but will be silent, so you have to click it two more times to actually get it to start. then when you heard the phrase and write it out it will show you where you spelt a word wrong or otherwise were incorrect. When you go to correct yourself and spell out the word again it will just remove your typing icon from the box, sometimes for multiple attempts. I know those are minor bugs on an otherwise great app but they’ve been annoying me since the beginning. Love the app, i’m learning a lot! keep up the great work! ### 4/5 — Amazing App but with a few typos *2026-08-03, version 1.28.3* I love this app! It’s excellent at giving you what you need to improve, I love being able to practice grammar and even conversations on this app, which Duolingo doesn’t really have. I feel very confident that I will actually be able to master Spanish through this app (maybe French or Italian, and maybe even Russian or Finnish later). I REALLY wish they could add more languages (I also want to learn Farsi) Though the reason I have it 4 stars is that on the grammar practice section, it sometimes tells you that your correct answer is incorrect (it gives you the answer you put as correct, that’s how I know) and that your accent (I have more of a Latin American accent due to living in California) is incorrect since it seems as if it just has the Castilian Dialect. Though I say that if you’re looking for a language learning app that really helps, this is for you! ### 2/5 — Constant freezing or won’t open *2026-06-21, version 1.27.12* This app freezes constantly or won’t open at all, sometimes for several hours or days. The content is decent but is no where near as robust or interactive as Duo Lingo. The only reason I am using it is because the language I need is not yet available on Duo Lingo. ### 3/5 — Decent but not great *2026-04-19, version 1.27.10* The app has a lot of great exercises but it can be extremely buggy at times. ### 4/5 — Good app but still has some bugs *2026-03-31, version 1.27.8* A very good app for learning languages but still has some technical issues to resolve. Often encounters loading issues. Hopefully gets resolved soon because the overtime membership is great value for money otherwise. ### 3/5 — It needs better revision system *2026-03-11, version 1.27.8* it would be much better with the interactive SRS system for vocab revision, because going through flashcards is not effective ### 3/5 — Good but buggy *2026-02-24, version 1.27.4* I appreciate that they offer Estonian and the lessons seem to be decent. Still don’t know what I’m doing but that’s to be expected. My issue is with the very long load times and lagging. It is frustrating especially since I paid for a year membership. ### 3/5 — A bit disappointing *2026-02-18, version 1.27.4* It feels like app was released way before it was fully finished. Mistakes in translations, the more I progress in the app, the more bugs I see. And AI tutor is just a joke. Method might work (still better then this crazy green owl), but app needs a lot of polishing. ### 2/5 — SLOW MODE *2026-02-16, version 1.27.4* Good idea, good application, but working very slow… ### 2/5 — AI tutor went downhill *2026-02-11, version 1.27.4* AI tutor used to be amazing. Then they did some sort of update and it’s garbage now. ### 3/5 — Tolle App mit Schwächen *2026-01-19* Ich nutze die App seit ca. drei Jahren mehr oder weniger regelmäßig. Es macht Spaß damit Italienisch zu lernen, da die Sätze, die man einsprechen soll passiv vorher geübt werden. Es handelt sich hier nach Angaben der Firma um die 4000 gängigsten Wörter, die man zum Sprechen in den meisten (Alltags-)Situationen benötigt. Das klappt alles recht gut, man kann aber auch Wörter eintippen oder aus mehreren Lösungen die richtige auswählen. Vier Sterne gibt es deshalb, da das Menü nur auf englisch und nicht auf deutsch bedient werden kann, wie auch die Aufgaben selbst. Heißt, Englisch sollte man können. Außerdem ist bei einigen Sätzen die Sprachausgabe stark robotisch und klingt unnatürlich. Desweiteren gibt es keine Möglichkeit etwaige Fehler bei Sätzen, etwa: „Next Year we will go to United States.“ statt richtigerweise „…to THE United States …“(bestimmter Artikel fehlt), zu melden. D.h. Die Fehler werden wahrscheinlich nicht behoben. Das macht Duolingo besser, wie auch die Spracherkennung, die dort genauer ist. Busuu macht die Sprachausgabe besser. Desweiteren würde ich mir wünschen, dass man noch mehr sprechen kann, es gibt für meinen Geschmack noch zu viele Übungen, bei denen getippt oder einfach ausgewählt werden muss. Das kann man leider nicht in den Einstellungen umändern. Ich behalte die App weiterhin, weil es einfach Spaß macht damit zu lernen und hoffe, dass mit häufigeren Aktualisierungen der App die o.g. Makel behoben werden. Update 2026: Software-Updates kommen viel zu selten und dann in nicht nennenswertem Umfang. Leider werden Fehler (fehlerhafte Übungen, defekte Sprachdateien, falsche Grammatik!) NICHT behoben, was beim lernen frustriert. Der Support kann nur vertrösten! Ein Stern Abzug! **Developer response:** Vielen Dank für dein Feedback und deine Erfahrungen mit der App. Es freut uns zu hören, dass du Spaß dabei hast, Italienisch zu lernen. Wir bedauern, dass das Menü und die Aufgaben nur auf Englisch verfügbar sind und dies für einige Benutzer eine Hürde darstellen kann. Deine Anmerkungen bezüglich der robotischen Sprachausgabe und der fehlenden Möglichkeit, Fehler in den Sätzen zu melden, nehmen wir zur Kenntnis. Wir sind ständig bestrebt, die App zu verbessern, und deine Rückmeldungen sind dabei äußerst hilfreich. Vielen Dank, dass du ein Teil unserer Lerngemeinschaft bist, und viel Erfolg beim weiteren Lernen! ### 4/5 — Good with room for improvement *2026-01-15, version 1.27.3* The concept is solid and this app is rather unique, but the sentences used could benefit from better quality review by a native speaker. For example, a native speaker would not say “Du musst deine Art zu denken ändern, um dein Leben zu ändern.“ „Verändern“ would be the proper verb when talking about life changes. ### 1/5 — 0 is too much *2026-01-05, version 1.27.3* I bought lifetime subscription but they remove my account!!!! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Speakly wont help with speaking *2026-09-04, version 1.28.4* Speakly’s design mean that you can’t reasonably discover how to achieve proper pronunciation, especially with difficult letter combinations. In my view they are better than Duolingo but still it is a fail ### 1/5 — Terrible for speaking practice *2026-09-02, version 1.28.4* Very poor speech recognition. ### 1/5 — Terrible AI voices *2026-08-07* Speakly’s introduction of AI has become a fatal flaw for the app. Having lived in Germany and Italy I can say with certainty that Speakly’s AI pronounces words incorrectly, is grating on the ears, and worsens their software that is meant to recognize correct pronunciation (meaning, it often doesn’t recognize correct pronunciation anymore). AI is never an adequate replacement for human speech and Speakly’s AI has been a huge detriment to my learning, decreasing my use of the app to nothing. The subscription ended up being a waste of money that would have been better spent on a real language class. It’s ridiculous, Speakly’s developers need to drop AI and go back to working with actual speakers of the language for audio recordings and tutoring to make the app worth using again. ### 1/5 — Out of tries - again … *2026-07-10, version 1.28.1* Certain bugs (or features) are extremely irritating and still in new version. I would list them, but the app doesn’t help much with correcting errors - so why should I? Trying Falou to see if their learning model and implementation is better ### 1/5 — Skip ahead *2026-06-19, version 1.27.12* I don’t use the app anymore because I can’t skip ahead to say beginner two or beginner three I can only start at the beginning of either beginner, intermediate or advanced Beginner has way too little words because it starts at zero intermediate has too many because I am not Anywhere near 900 words yet I know roughly 400 to 500 words speaklu does not give me an option to start where I am ### 1/5 — Out of tries … *2026-05-10, version 1.27.12* Certain bugs (or features) are extremely irritating. I would list them, but the app doesn’t help much with getting things right - so why should I? Trying Falou to see if their learning model and implementation is better ### 1/5 — Very limited in language options *2026-05-07, version 1.27.12* Hi so I inquired about you adding new language and if you are learning a language they don't have I hope they add asain languages such as Japanese and others ### 1/5 — It is not working *2026-02-24, version 1.27.4* It’s not working properly today ### 1/5 — Not flexible *2026-01-27, version 1.27.3* My native language isn’t included , and I couldn’t choose English as a first language also ! Such a disappointing ### 1/5 — Worst language app I’ve tried *2026-01-21, version 1.27.3* Instead of teaching anything the app presents flashcards that ask you to translate a sentence and give four possible answers. Assuming you don’t know the language, which is why you’re using this app, you don’t know the correct answer so you just have to guess. After that it explains the correct answer. This is absolutely not an effective way to learn. Many functions are for paid users only and I wasn’t impressed enough to become a paid user so I’ll never know if or how they work. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2026-09-05, version 1.28.4* I don’t understand the poor reviews people have left on this app. I’ve been using this for about a year now, and I’m actually learning Estonian. I love that you have to actually type or speak, rather than selecting bubbles like Duolingo. ### 5/5 — Good app *2026-04-07* A quick and easy way to learn international languages, also its user friendly and very informative. ### 5/5 — Very good *2026-03-31, version 1.27.8* Which language next? ### 5/5 — Great tool for learning *2026-03-19, version 1.27.8* Fantastic app congratulations I will never stop using it !!!!! ### 5/5 — Um dos melhores apps *2026-02-18* Estou aprendendo francês . Parabéns à equipe de desenvolvedores . App nota 10. ### 5/5 — So far, so good. *2026-02-16, version 1.27.4* So far, so good. I’m really enjoying it. Are there any plans to introduce a background dark mode, as well as options for larger text for users with visual impairments? ### 5/5 — You won’t regret it! *2025-12-16, version 1.27.3* This app is amazing! 🤩 My husband is Estonian, and alongside him teaching me to speak Estonian, I wanted to do some learning of my own. It’s such a hard language to find on these apps. You can really tell how much time and effort has gone into developing Speakly and the customer service team are SO friendly and helpful. Thanks for all your hard work guys. Cant recommend Speakly enough!!! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-12-11, version 1.27.2* This is the best language app I’ve used for Finnish! It actually helped me learn. And I love that there is a one time payment option. I hope they add Swedish eventually, but I have recommended this app to multiple people ### 5/5 — Best around *2025-09-29, version 1.25.29* This is probably the best overall language app; certainly the best I’ve used. The content quality is really good and it’s structured very well. The only complaint I can think of is the corporate memphis visuals—an otherwise visually appealing app shouldn’t use the most repulsive art style in human history. ### 5/5 — How about serbian or croatian? *2025-06-21, version 1.25.24* I love the app! I’m also actively promoting it as a content creator on TikTok. Is there any chance of seeing serbian or croatian soon? :) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-11.*